BJP has delivered big, once again, in the recently-concluded Assembly Elections, winning four of the five states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa – with Punjab going to Aam Aadmi Party. Yogi Adityanath has managed to silence his critics who had accused him and his party of divisive politics and mishandling of the Covid-19 situation, especially the second wave. Holi has indeed come early for Yogi and BJP with this big victory in the 2022 UP Assembly polls where BJP+ have bagged 273 seats. The party and its CM beat anti-incumbency to hold on to the hot seat.
Here are 10 key highlights about CM Yogi Adityanath:
– Contesting his first-ever Assembly election, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath won by a margin of 1,03,390 from Gorakhpur Urban constituency. He defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Subhawati Upendra Dutt Shukla.
– This is the first time that Adityanath has been elected as an MLA. Earlier, he had become the chief minister for the first time after being elected as a Member of the Legislative Council.
– Before being sworn as UP chief minister in 2017, he was Gorakhpur MP for five consecutive terms from 1998 to 2017. At 26, Adityanath was the youngest Lok Sabha MP.
– After BJP chose him to be the chief minister of UP after winning the 2017 polls, Yogi kept 36 ministries under his direct control, including Home, Economics and Statistics, Sainik Welfare, Home Guard, Personnel, and appointment, as well as Civil Defence.
